GeForce GTX 1070 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3050, which comes with a core clock speed of 1552 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It is comprised of 2560 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		180 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (38%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti should be 14% quicker than the GeForce RTX 3050 overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		262144 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 32768 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti will be quite a bit (about 97%) more effective at AF than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		244264 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 120104 (97%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 53184 (107%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.